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City of Austin 89th State Legislature: Post-Session Briefing Public Safety Commission Government Relations Office Agenda 01 Introduction 02 Special Session 03 89th Regular Session: Public Safety Bills 04 89th Regular Session: Other City Bills 1 89th First Special Session Quick Overview of Upcoming Special Session Before Regular Session Recap 2 89th First Special Session: Basics • 89th First-Called Special Session Began July 21, 2025 • Special Sessions cannot last more than 30 days. They can adjourn early. • Only topics within the Governor’s call may be considered. • However: • Governor can add additional items to the call at any time. • Legislators can still file any bill – it does not have to be on the call to be filed. • Governor can call for additional special sessions. 3 89th First Special Session: Items on Call Flood Warning Systems Flood Emergency Communications Natural Disaster Preparation & Recovery Cut Property Taxes & Expenditure Caps Protect Children From THC Regulate Hemp- Derived Products Ban Taxpayer- Funded Lobbying Police Personnel Records Water Project Incentives Redistricting Title Theft & Deed Fraud Relief Funding For Hill Country Floods Eliminate Staar Test Protect Unborn Children Protect Human Trafficking Victims Protect Women’s Spaces Attorney General Election Powers State Judicial Department 4 89th Regular Session Overview 5 89th Regular Session: Overarching Issues • Many recurring issues: pre-emption on elections, guns, historical markers and inclusion programming • Land use and Housing • Efforts to reduce city funding and limit use of debt • Firefighters pension and collective bargaining • Water future • Homelessness Successfully stopping or amending negative legislation is just as – if not more – impactful to the City as passing positive legislation. 6 89th Session: By the Numbers Stat Bills and Joint Resolutions Filed 9,014 (88th Session: 8,345) Bills & Joint Resolutions Sent to Governor 1,231 (88th Session: 1,259) Tracked by IGRO / Assigned to Departments 1,499 (88th Session: 978) % of Bills Sent to Governor Bills Vetoed by the Governor 14% of Filed Bills & JRS Sent to Governor* 26 (88th Session: 76) *Veto Period Ended June 22 7 89th Regular Session Key Passed Public Safety Legislation 8 89th Regular Session: Key Public Safety Bills Passed HB 2802 (Bucy / Schwertner) SB 777 (Hughes / Lujan) Austin Firefighters Retirement Fund Reform Austin Firefighters Collective Bargaining HB 33 (McLaughlin / Flores) Active Shooter Response SB 1164 (Zaffirini / Moody) Emergency Mental Detention Criteria SB 2570 (Flores / Guillen) Less-lethal Defense 9 89th Regular Session: Key Public Safety Bills Passed HB 1105 (Cole / Eckhardt) Paramedic Tuition Exemption SB 1620 (Huffman / Bonnen) SB 2786 (Creighton/Lambert) Forensic Analyst Apprenticeship Program First Responder Entrance Exam Exemption HB 163 (Cortez / Blanco) SB 836 (Paxton/Hull) HB 34 (Sparks / King) Epinephrine Delivery Services Confidentiality of Sexual Offense-Related Material Wildfire Database & Study 10 89th Regular Session: Key Public Safety Bills Passed HB 3053 (Virdell / Hall) Firearm Buyback Prohibition SB 1957 (Hagenbuch / Hickland) Civilian Oversight Board SB 2835 (Johnson / Talarico) Single-Stair Mid-Rise Apartment Buildings Failed to Pass –Special Session Refiles HB 13 (Ken King) TX Interoperability Council No Senate Hearing SB 3 (Perry / Ken King) Consumable Hemp VETOED SB 781 (Phil King / Hefner) Police Records Point of Order 11 89th Regular Session Other Major City-Related Legislation 12 Pre-emption Passed • SB 1008 – Preemption of local food service regulations Cutting Room Floor • HB 146 – Prohibition of Lane Closures by Local Govts. • SB 18 – Municipal library restrictions • SB 689 – Restrictions on DEI • SB 1065 – Guns in public places • SB 2858 & SB 3016 – Super preemption • SB 2519 (et al.) – Project Connect 13 Water Passed • HB 29 – Water loss audit validation • SB 7 – Omnibus major statewide water infrastructure funding • HJR 7 – Funding Texas Water Fund Cutting Room Floor • HB 1523 – Aquifer storage and recovery 14 Electric Passed • SB 6 – Large Electric Load Interconnection • HB 145 – Wildfire Mitigation Plans • SB 1789 – Transmission and Distribution Structural Integrity Standards • HB 144 – Distribution Pole Inspection and Management Plans • SB 1202 – Third Party Review of Residential Backup Generation • SB 1252 – Prohibition on Municipal Regulation of Residential Backup Generation • SB 75 – Resilience Grid Security Commission • HB 1991 – Municipal Utility Charges 15 Land Use and Disannexation Passed • HB 21 – Housing finance corporations (HFCs) • HB 24 – Rezoning notice and protest rights • SB 15 – Allow 3,000 SF lots on unplatted land, ≥5 acres • SB 840 & SB 2477 – Residential by right in non-residential base zones • SB 1844 – Disannexation • SB 1202 – Third party review and inspection of electric generators Cutting Room Floor • HB 23 & SB 1450 – Third party review and inspections • HB 3798 & SB 1927 – Ashe Juniper • SB 673 – Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) 16 Homelessness and Mental Health Passed • SB 617 – 90-day notice / hearing requirements before converting govt. properties into housing for homeless • SB 1164 – Amends emergency mental health detention criteria Cutting Room Floor • SB 2487 – Omnibus mental health services crisis centers • HB 636 & SB 2488 – Statewide homeless data sharing network • HB 1656 – Licensed paramedics mental health detainments • SB 241 – Penalty for cities on public camping enforcement • SB 2623 – Prohibition on navigation services near schools and parks 17 Odds and Ends Passed • HB 1393 – Daylight savings year-round (upon federal legislation) • SB 1964 – Regulatory framework for AI use (state & local govts) • SB 1 – State budget • SB 3 – Banning or regulating THC (VETOED) • SB 6 – Regulating the energy grid • SB 33 – Abortion logistics • SB 412 – Library materials affirmative defense 18 Thank You Carrie Rogers Government Relations Officer carrie.rogers@austintexas.gov (512) 974-2285 (office) Rick Ramirez Government Relations Deputy Officer rick.ramirez2@austintexas.gov (512) 974-2204 (office) Alison Ross Government Relations Senior Coordinator alison.ross@austintexas.gov (512) 974-2246 (office) Valerie Gomez Government Relations Coordinator valerie.gomez@austintexas.gov (512) 974-6008 (office) Erika Dzangare Government Relations Deputy Officer / Grants Erika.Dzangare@austintexas.gov Greg Dutton Government Relations Local Administrator greg.dutton@austintexas.gov (512) 974-2209 (office) Karen Bowers Business Process Specialist - Grants Karen.Bowers@austintexas.gov (512) 974-2204 (office) ( 19